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Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/robbie-robertson-dead-the-band-1235692172/ ^
| 8/9/2023
| Chris Morris
Posted on 08/09/2023 1:11:09 PM PDT by Chode
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:33:26 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: skeeter
It’s only a tragedy if you are 79.
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:34:15 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(We are proles, they are nobility.)
To: Lurker
Except for Neil Diamond who I actually Like but he sucked in that film.
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:34:16 PM PDT
by
ABN 505
(Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
To: Lurker
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:34:46 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: The Free Engineer
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:35:46 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: Chode
Rock’n Ronnie Hawkins told the ‘Band’ that he couldn’t pay them much... But he did promise them that they’d ‘get more p*ssy than Frank Sinatra’... And Frank was getting a very large share of it back in those days.
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:36:38 PM PDT
by
jerod
(Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
To: jerod
And Frank was getting a very large share of it back in those days.
"I disqualify myself 'cause I done 'em both!"
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:38:20 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Piano player Rich Manuel made it to age 42. I do believe he said it in The Last Waltz “Why do you think we’ve been on the road?” It had to do with the women. The whole theater laughed. Turned out it wasn’t so funny. The fame was gone.
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:44:04 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(e allowed )
To: jerod
Lol, yeah, I remember the comment about women. sex and getting more than Frank Sinatra. Ronnie Hawkins understood who he was talking to. Promising 16 and 18 year old guys all the girls and sex they could stand was a better selling point than money at their age.
To: odawg
Had a great dog Virgil Cain that came to us “hungry and barely alive”.
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posted on
08/09/2023 2:13:46 PM PDT
by
drSteve78
(Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
To: jerod; dfwgator
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posted on
08/09/2023 2:15:18 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: Chode
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posted on
08/09/2023 2:38:52 PM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: Chode
Gonna play Robertson’s “Falling Angel.”
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posted on
08/09/2023 2:52:15 PM PDT
by
TTFlyer
(Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
To: Chode
Sad news. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down is absolutely one of my all-time favorites, and I always thought it ironic that this band of almost all Canadians (except for Levon Helm) could do such an American song in such an iconic American way. RIP Robbie Robertson. Thanks for the music.
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posted on
08/09/2023 2:59:29 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
To: ClearCase_guy
That sexy blonde is Maria McKee of Lone Justice and “Show Me Heaven” fame.
Robertson dated her at the time..a mere 20 year age difference.
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posted on
08/09/2023 3:02:01 PM PDT
by
sevlex
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/09/2023 3:04:46 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
To: discostu
Of course he wasn’t really the leader. He did write all their best-loved songs, though.
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posted on
08/09/2023 3:06:46 PM PDT
by
KevinB
(Word for the day: "kakistocracy" - a society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens)
To: Chode
A friend of mine described Robertson's playing style as 'falling off the stage'.
I believe he also did the soundtrack for Scent of a Woman (not a Scorsese flick). Regardless of what you think of the flick the score was fabulous.
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posted on
08/09/2023 3:07:16 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
To: Rummyfan
LOL, reminds me of one of my all-time favorite music lyrics:
Cause what the world needs now
Is a new Frank Sinatra
So I can get you in bed.
Cause what the world needs now
Is another folk singer
Like I need a hole in my head
Cracker - Teen Angst
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posted on
08/09/2023 3:09:18 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Chode
Saw The Band once.
Love them. Levon Helm was great.
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posted on
08/09/2023 3:15:48 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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